Anuradhapura West electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District, North Central Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Anuradhapura West electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Anuradhapura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party 1970-89
Elections 1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party Elephant 13,942 53.00 Herath Banda Semasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,087 42.18 K. H. Chandrapala Bell 797 3.03 Kalu Bandage Mudiyanse Star 354 1.35Valid Votes26,18099.53Rejected Votes 125 0.48Total Polled 26,305 100.00Registered Electors 30,233 Turnout 87.01
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